² "Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'

³⁶ I tell you that every idle word that men speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment.

³⁷ For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned."

¹⁷ For he breaks me with a tempest, Multiplies my wounds without cause.

⁷ Although you know that I am not wicked, There is no one who can deliver out of your hand.

¹⁷ Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

⁶ Know now that God has subverted me, And has surrounded me with his net.

⁷ "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.

² "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.

³ (For the length of my life is still in me, And the spirit of God is in my nostrils);

⁴ Surely my lips shall not speak unrighteousness, Neither shall my tongue utter deceit.

⁵ Far be it from me that I should justify you. Until I die I will not put away my integrity from me.

⁶ I hold fast to my righteousness, and will not let it go. My heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

⁵ For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:

⁸ Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?

²² "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.